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What did you do to or with your CJ today?

What did you do to or with your CJ today?
Me too, literally :D

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Cleaned out the Jeep today after fishing last Saturday.​

Dude this is bad :censored:! Sweet!
 
Thanks JR. When I got the CJ that was pretty much my goal. Make it so I can fish from and get where I want to go. I took this pic a little while back but fish regularly. Especially this time of year.

People come up and ask about the CJ and the fishing all the time. CJ007 has caught several hundred schoolie Striper, bass and flathead :D. Guys in boats sometimes pull up and ask me to go fish with them as they can see me from a mile. LOL. Others will move in on me until the see how far those big poles cast and how much weight I have on them :laugh:.
 
I got the parts yesterday to fix my clutch so today I climbed under it and fixed it. I learned on the z-bar there is a plastic bushing and a c clip well the last time I did this I had a spare bushing but not a c clip so I put it together with out the clip. Well it lasted about a month and came apart again breaking the bushing. So gee they put that there for a reason. :eek: So I went to the Dealer and ordered two of each so I have a spare one of each that I will keep in the console. But look out it's back on the road. :chug:
 
Installed my new Bestop soft half doors ... I bought them with the removable upper windows.

I plan to color the top black ... any recommendations on how to do it?

G

 
Installed my new Bestop soft half doors ... I bought them with the removable upper windows.

I plan to color the top black ... any recommendations on how to do it?

G

If you go to a automotive paint store you can buy paint in a rattel can to paint it. I changed my truck from brown to blue and painted all my interior stuff with it. It works great.
 
New brakes for the D60 front:
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Including NOS Lock-outs- build date June 4, 1980 and still in perfect condition:
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Brake pads, rotors, calipers, all 3 hoses, hardware kits, bearings, seals, and 16 new lug studs for a D60 Front? About $400...:eek:\
Lock-outs not included in that price...
 
cleaned up around my work area. pulled the cover off the rear differential, yay!! no milkshake and gears look in great shape.
 
Got the column, wheel, and dash in. Driver's seat is in. Also got the power steering pump put back in and all the belts tightened.

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Replaced my ignition switch, repaired the horn lead, lithium greased all the moving column parts i could get to, since the turn signal assembly was out.(actually did that yesterday evening)

Broke a column spring compresser, because I forgot about the uncut splines on the Upper shaft. :mad: Oh yeah, steering wheel centering is done with the Steering Arm, not centering the wheel where you want it.:doh:

Today.

I Replaced the steering shaft with a HD Crown one. Wanted a decent one that would still collapse in a front end collision. Not a fan of being Impaled with an "HD "off road" unit. Great quality and no issues with it.

Going to have to do my column bearings at some point.:( Putting that job way down the list since it's a tilt, column shift model from a late eighties Waggy.

I'll try finding a boneyard unit to rebuild, than swap them out. Going to build a harness/relay setup for high beams and wiper on this column. It's already on the Turn Signal Lever. Might as well.

Finally got around to centering the steering wheel. Previous owner had it clocked to 7 position.

I was so happy to try using my still fairly new Air hammer I forgot the best way for tie rod end extraction was a pickle fork. Spent half an hour with a rifler file getting the damaged threads off. Bought a new nut at the part store. Had to buy a mixed set to get the one I needed.

Good day for the 7, and a good day for me.
 
wheeled for 7 hours last night, 4 foot deep mud holes and some crazy flexin!
this things a BEAST! no pics cuz it was dark but we have a day trip planed soon....:D
 
spent most of the day tearing one side of my Dana 44 apart. What a pain in the a55, it's been setting outside for years and nothing wanted to come apart.
 

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I worked on the Scrambler for once. Tried to fix the whole " 1 tooth off " problem with the H E I. I have almost everything to put it back to the stock motorcraft. I think I will do that, Team Rush it and pitch this :censored: dizzy in the trash. And Happy Easter by the way. :)
 
Replaced my crapped out heater blower motor and put in a new core while it was apart. Put the blazer blower motor in. I think the PO had already done the blazer swap, but the motor was so bad that it squealed and hardly turned so the heat is soo much better now. Just in time for summer. But is should make the morning highway drives to work bearable since I have had the top down for weeks and plan to keep it that way.
 
Well finally got around to putting in an AEM air/fuel meter Santa brought me. I'm impressed with speed response. Then proceeded to work on fine tuning the Holley FI like never before. Wow what took me so long to ditch the Holley 3 light A/F led meter?

Got the LH turn light to light again. Corrosion. Couldn't find my dielectric grease. Pick some up tomorrow.

The water temp sender died. Had a spare. Good to see the temp again.

Backup light quit. Wire terminals came off. Pick one tomorrow.

Greased her up.

Discovered the RH caliper is sticking. Pick one up tomorrow. Replaced the LH side 2 weeks ago. Good thing they are only $17 at O'reilly's

Always something to tweak or make better.


Having to boys out next week for a ride, so gotta get it done.

Pics to come next week.
:)
 
Ordered up a new set of 33x12.5x15 MTRs :notworthy:

Ordering my 4 inch lift tomorrow and then hopefully installing this weekend :chug:
 
still pulling off little parts, shifter covers, seat brackets, battery tray. All have a bit of rust. In Michigan EVERYTHING over 5 yrs old that wasn't rustproofed is well on the way to corrosion and flaking. 4 a 46y/o bird this rust is a pleasure to deal with. Light sanding cleanup and repaint to be ready for future rustproofer applications. Not enough time in a day since the weather turned to spring already... 4/5 wks early. Top is down already - can't wait.
 
Finished the bottom end of the motor ,,, startin on the heads now , got all the valves out and cleaned up . kinda at a stand still with the cam till TA performance sends my fuel pump eccentric .
 
put my extra long brake lines on and thought about bleeding the system. but i dont have my trusty sidekick to pump the brakes. mabye tomorrow
 
took the MC2150 off and re centered the throttle plates . took care of the fast idle:D
 

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